Originally Posted By CuriousConstance It's $242.84 for the four of us to add the water park fun and more option, and to buy us admission into one water park it's $204.48. Debating whether to get 5 day park tickets so we will have arrival day, plus another full day to do other stuff. My kids love swimming so much, especially water play ground type things, they'd almost prefer that to an all day park trek. My daughter already made me promise we would find some time each day to swim in hotel pool. They love the parks but something about swimming, they just go nuts for it.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 "Jenn, forgot to mention, I'm most likely staying in the Little Mermaid section of Art of Animation. I was considering Port Orleans, but after my kids saw pics of little mermaid rooms, I couldn't say no. They both were super excited. Couldn't believe even the rooms were decorated like movie." I bet your daughter will love that! Port Orleans is really awesome, but since your kiddos are still pretty little they will probably have more fun in the Little mermaid room. You will have so much fun at the water parks too! My kiddos are older, and they liked the bigger slides at Blizzard Beach and the bigger wave pool at Typhoon Lagoon. Disney Quest was really fun too. We only spent a couple of hours in there, but it was a blast. "i was just looking at my premier pass i had for last year and was feeling sorry for myself lol." Me too Tasha! We had the Premier passes last year, and I miss them so much right now! My husband and I have a WDW trip this year, without the kids, but we don't have any DLR trips planned, so I can't justify the cost of the passes
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "I'm really leary on booking a room only room for next year, and then trusting them to offer discounts if they become available later on." This is what travel agents are for. Skip Disney Quest. And keep in mind it could get pretty cold meaning the water parks might not look too attractive. Even if you don't stay at Port Orleans, make time for Yee Ha Bob.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance And why skip Disneyquest? I'm only planning on spending a couple hours probably in there, but my son who is only five, is already a gaming nut. His sister asked him if he could take 3 things with him to a deserted island, what would he take? His reply was his Wii, Skylanders game w/characters, and some food. If it was just me and my husband, I might skip, but think it's a must do if only for a short while after dinner or something.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 My kids loved DisneyQuest, and my husband loved it just as much as they did. I could completely do without it, but you should probably check it out for a couple of hours. "Jenn, a trip or two to DL can fix that! " I know, I am going through withdrawals, but I just can't pull it off this year. We are going to Hawaii sometime in the fall, and in the pat 12 months we have done 3 DL trips and one WDW trip, and have another WDW trip in June, so we have maxed out the vacation budget for the time being. I may be able to pull it off if I stop feeding the kids, but they get kind of cranky when I do that
Originally Posted By FenwayGirl I booked through an agent and changed my reservation for a better deal...as far as I know no charge..
Originally Posted By tashajilek Jenn, we can thank Carsland for the increase of the premier pass. Last year it was a bargain and this year even if I do Disneyland and WDW like I Plan on it still won't be worth it. I'm going to Hawaii in exactly a week, going to Las Vegas in October and at least 3 out of town long weekend trips. With the amount I travel it really is hard to splurge and pay a lot for a Disney vacation. My husband and i prefer more trips instead of one trip in a fancy hotel. Now that DL is most expensive now we will be going much less which is a good thing. Constance we will be going to WDW over the Xmas holidays. I much prefer WDW over DL that time of year. The weather is fantastic and the resorts are beautiful and the Osbourne lights are the best part. We will be spending only 4 or 5 days this time and the rest of the time will be at the Florida keys. We regretted going all the way to Florida last time and only stay at WDW.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I much prefer WDW over DL that time of year. The weather is fantastic and the resorts are beautiful and the Osbourne lights are the best part.>> Yes, I went to DLR during early December one year and it was COLD. It rained one of the days and I don't know if there is anything that feels worse than a cold rain. Southern California weather is usually very nice but there are always exceptions. The year my daughter graduated from college she said she wanted a trip to WDW to celebrate. I said there was no way I was going to Orlando in June, but that we would take her to DLR instead. Just my luck it was in the upper 90's the whole time we were there. My daughter took great joy in getting on the internet each day and pointing out to me that it was 10 degrees cooler in Orlando than in Anaheim. Our DVC points would have also gone a lot further at WDW than they did at the DLH (this was pre-Grand Californian). My bad.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Lol, yea we had some rain this year and I was sick to boot. When we went to WDW two years ago and I got a tan! I really wished we went to Florida instead this year and won't make the same mistake this time. Weather for me is probably the most important part of the vacation. Disneyland was beautiful for Xmas and DCA looked great too especially Carsland, but with all the resorts, gingerbread houses and Osbourne lights I prefer WDW for Christmas.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I love rain, have it about 9 months out of the year here is Oregon. I wouldn't be bothered a bit by the rain in WDW or DL.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 While I wouldn't say I like the rain, being from Seattle means I am really used to it like you are Constance, and that can come in handy. We got hit with a tropical storm at WDW, and while wading in water up to our ankles got a little old after awhile, it was kind of nice because there were hardly any people willing to out in it. It is kind of cool in DL too, because as soon as it starts sprinkling a little people scramble like mad to get inside and the lines get really short.
Originally Posted By tashajilek I'm in Vancouver, so we get the same nasty weather. I hate it because we get so much of it and when I'm on vacation I want nice weather for a change. When we went to WDW I knew it would rain and we only got it once for about an hours which was nice.
Originally Posted By LuvsDsnyTrips Being from Vancouver USA....I look forward to sunshine when I go on vacation WDW at Christmas time is perfect....warm sunny days and perfect evenings
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 Oh, I greatly prefer the sun and warmth when I am on vacation, I just don't let the rain bother me if it happens, and it is kind of cool when the rain clears the parks out so the lines are really short.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I'm not a fan of the sun. I prefer overcast, cool days when I'm in the parks. Just makes it more enjoyable when you don't have to be too hot and be as concerned with burning to a crisp. I burn really easily even when no sun is out.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I love sun, am OK with hot, but hate humidity. That is the killer at WDW and why I will never go there again from May - September. Unless someone wants to pay for my trip. Then I will suck it up and go.
Originally Posted By tashajilek I can see how humidity would bother some people. The hottest I have ever felt was 107 a day in Seattle when it was record breaking and it was pretty uncomfortable. I probably wouldn't be too happy at WDW with temps that high.
